Preliminary analysis of the resources in brachytherapy in Europe and its variability of use

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 491-499

  Guedea, Ferran ^a   Ellison, Tracey ^b   Heeren, Germaine ^b   Ventura, Montserrat ^a   François, Guy ^c   Mazeron, Jean Jacques ^d   Cottier, Brain ^b   Torrecilla, López J ^e   Bilbao, Pedro ^f   Taillet, Michel ^c   Borras, Josep María ^a  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b NHS   (United Kingdom)

^c European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology   (Belgium)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Equipment and supplies; Europe; Infrastructure; Patterns of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EUROPE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 33748876625     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-006-0049-1     Document Type: Article

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